WEEK IN NEWS: Water wrangle in Brooklyn, parking problems and a dominatrix dispute

By daily news staff

Mar 10, 2019 | 7:00 AM

Amanda Davis (left) and Christine Gilliam speak to a store worker about 40-ounce bottles of "Ounce Water" inside a supermarket on Glenwood Road and East 105th Street in Brooklyn. (Gardiner Anderson / for New York Daily News)

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Water gate: People in Brooklyn are outraged about water being sold in 40-ounce containers that look like malt liquor bottles. After reading our exclusive story, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams called on the company Ounce Water to end the 40 foolery.

Congestion chaos: Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo may have come to an agreement on congestion pricing, but there's one group NOT onboard. Uptown Manhattan residents fear drivers will cause chaos by ditching cars in their neighborhoods to avoid the fee for driving below 61st St.

Charlotte Taillor says she will relocate her dominatrix business.

Stormy leather: Dominatrix Charlotte Taillor thought her Brooklyn business would be "awesome, a little kink community," but after a Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbor whipped up opposition, Taillor said she would take her mahogany throne and suspension rig elsewhere.

It's garbage, man: Imagine taking a savage beating on the job, then losing that position after suffering posttraumatic stress disorder. That's the nightmare Brooklyn garbage collector Dennis Jackson — who was pummeled on duty two years ago — is dealing with after the city Sanitation Department canned him.

Blue and gray: Detective Michael Cusumano, the NYPD's oldest cop, has hung up his badge at the age of 68. Cusumano sued the city to get into the Police Academy when he was 48 because he wanted "to protect the weak from the strong." In retirement, he hopes to help out other law enforcement agencies in the city.

Homeless student fears: The city has a record number of homeless students in its schools, but Mayor de Blasio's budget would cut $13.9 million used to pay social workers who help those kids, The News reported exclusively. Activists are hoping to save the funding in the $92 billion budget.

What the hail? The MTA is pulling the plug on a program that lets disabled residents order on-demand, handicap-accessible taxis for the cost of a MetroCard swipe. An MTA official said the end of the program doesn't mean e-hail apps will go away forever, but users say they love the program as is.